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Effect of growth rate on the amino acid composition of Fusarium moniliforme cultivated continuously for fungal protein production
Author(s) -
Macris B. J.,
Kokke R.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
biotechnology and bioengineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.136
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1097-0290
pISSN - 0006-3592
DOI - 10.1002/bit.260210414
Subject(s) - fusarium , fungus , food science , amino acid , biomass (ecology) , mycotoxin , composition (language) , biology , mediterranean climate , filamentous fungus , botany , chemistry , fungi imperfecti , biochemistry , agronomy , enzyme , ecology , linguistics , philosophy
Fusarium moniliforme was shown to be a promising fungus for microbial protein production. 1−3 The fungus grows well on the aqueous extracts of carob pods, a low value agricultural product well known in the Mediterranean areas. In a previous paper 2 quantitative data were presented on the production of fungal protein by growing F. moniliforme on a carob aqueous extract in a continuous culture. In the present paper the amino acid profile of the biomass was determined and the resulting essential amino acid index was calculated.